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{{Short description|West Indian cricketer (born 1990)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Adrian Barath
| image =
| country = West Indies
| full_name = Adrian Boris Barath
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|3|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Chaguanas]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[off-break]]
| role = Opening batsman
| international = true
| testdebutdate = 26 November
| testdebutyear = 2009
| testdebutagainst = Australia
| testcap = 281
| lasttestdate = 11 June
| lasttestyear = 2012
| lasttestagainst = England
| odidebutdate = 4 March
| odidebutyear = 2010
| odidebutagainst = Zimbabwe
| odicap = 15
| lastodidate = 25 March
| lastodiyear = 2012
| lastodiagainst = Australia
| odishirt = 18
| club1 = [[Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team|Trinidad and Tobago]]
| year1 = 2007–2014
| club2 = [[Kings XI Punjab]]
| year2 = 2010
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 15
| runs1 = 657
| bat avg1 = 23.46
| 100s/50s1 = 1/4
| top score1 = 104
| deliveries1 = 6
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 13/–
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 14
| runs2 = 394
| bat avg2 = 30.30
| 100s/50s2 = 1/1
| top score2 = 113
| deliveries2 = 0
| wickets2 = –
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2 = 3/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 58
| runs3 = 3,176
| bat avg3 = 32.40
| 100s/50s3 = 7/17
| top score3 = 192
| deliveries3 = 12
| wickets3 = 0
| bowl avg3 = –
| fivefor3 = –
| tenfor3 = –
| best bowling3 = –
| catches/stumpings3 = 40/–
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 41
| runs4 = 981
| bat avg4 = 25.15
| 100s/50s4 = 1/4
| top score4 = 113
| deliveries4 = 6
| wickets4 = 0
| bowl avg4 = –
| fivefor4 = –
| tenfor4 = –
| best bowling4 = –
| catches/stumpings4 = 10/–
| date = 11 December
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/adrian-barath-274926 ESPNcricinfo
}}
'''Adrian Boris Barath''' (born 14 April 1990) is a former Trinidadian [[cricket]]er. A right-hand opening batsman for [[Trinidad and Tobago cricket team|Trinidad and Tobago]], Barath made his [[Test cricket|Test]] debut in November 2009, becoming the youngest West Indian to score a century.<ref name="debut match">{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ausvwi09/content/current/story/437004.html|title=Australia triumph despite Barath ton|last=English|first=Peter|date=28 November 2009|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=28 November 2009| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091201043303/http://www.cricinfo.com/ausvwi09/content/current/story/437004.html| archivedate= 1 December 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> He played his first [[One Day International]] (ODI) in March the following year. He is also the second youngest West Indian to have scored a century in [[first-class cricket]], after [[Bruce Pairaudeau]]. Barath played his final test match for West Indies in 2012.

==Career==

A protégé of [[Brian Lara]],<ref name="cricpro">{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/274926.html|title=Player Profile: Adrian Barath|last=Binoy|first=George|date=October 2009|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=28 November 2009| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091120061544/http://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/274926.html| archivedate= 20 November 2009}}</ref> Barath became the youngest West Indian player to make his first-class debut since [[Ramnaresh Sarwan]] when he first appeared for Trinidad and Tobago at 16. In his debut match, Barath scored 73 against Guyana and put on a 170 runs partnership with captain [[Daren Ganga]]. This gave them the record for Trinidad and Tobago highest opening partnership in first-class cricket. Barath scored his maiden century in his second match. He became the youngest player in the Caribbean to score a century in first-class cricket since Bruce Pairaudeau in 1947, and he followed that up with a second century in the next game.<ref name="cricpro" />

Barath was part of the West Indies U-19 team for the 2008 World Cup played for the West Indies A team against the touring England side in January 2009, making 132. During the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 2009, Barath made his T20 debut for Trinidad and Tobago against Diamond Eagles where he made 63 runs off 41 deliveries.

He made his Test debut for the West Indies against Australia at [[the Gabba]] on 26 November 2009. He fell early in the first innings with a score of 15 but led the West Indies in the second innings scoring 104 runs when following on. He became the first West Indian to score a century on debut since [[Dwayne Smith]]. At the age of 19, he is also the youngest ever West Indian player to score a Test century, having taken over from [[George Headley]].<ref name="debut match" />

Though initially included in the West Indies' 15-man squad for the [[2011 Cricket World Cup|2011 World Cup]], Barath suffered an injury to his right hamstring and was unable to play in the tournament. As a consequence he was replaced by [[Devon Smith]]. Initially, he was expected to take three weeks to recover,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/story/501395.html |title=West Indies seek to replace injured Baugh, Barath |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=19 February 2011 |access-date=22 April 2012}}</ref> however two months later he was still unable to play.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/514229.html |title=Barath targeting India return |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=8 May 2011 |access-date=22 April 2012}}</ref> Barath returned to the West Indies side for the last of [[Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 2011|five ODIs]] against India in June.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/west-indies-v-india-2011/content/story/519103.html |title=Barath, Rampaul return; still no room for Gayle |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=15 June 2011 |access-date=22 April 2012}}</ref> A three-Test series followed and Barath replaced [[Kraigg Brathwaite]] as opener.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/west-indies-v-india-2011/content/story/519456.html |title=Barath replaces Brathwaite as opener |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=18 June 2011 |access-date=22 April 2012}}</ref> Though he had played in the Trinidad & Tobago Twenty20 Festival, Barath struggled during the Test series, looking out of practice and edging to the slips.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/525177.html |title=Barath admits his batting needs improvement |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=29 July 2011 |access-date=22 April 2012}}</ref> He scored 150 runs from six innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6340;type=series |title=Records / India in West Indies Test Series, 2011 / Most runs |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=22 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004152938/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6340%3Btype%3Dseries |archivedate=4 October 2012 }}</ref>

The West Indies [[West Indies cricket team in Bangladesh in 2011–12|toured Bangladesh]] in October 2011 and during the opening ODI Barath incurred an injury to his hamstring and did not play again during the tour and was replaced by the in-form [[Lendl Simmons]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-west-indies-2011/content/story/537070.html |title=Simmons replaces injured Barath |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=19 October 2011 |access-date=22 April 2012}}</ref> Barath recovered in time to be selected for the squad to tour India the following month, taking over from Simmons who was omitted.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-west-indies-2011/content/story/538710.html |title=Barath back for Tests in India |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=1 November 2011 |access-date=22 April 2012}}</ref> He scored 17 runs from two ODIs,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6938;type=series |title=Records / West Indies in India ODI Series, 2011/12 / Most runs |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=22 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704124133/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6938%3Btype%3Dseries |archivedate=4 July 2015 }}</ref> but was more successful in the Test series, managing 128 runs including two half-centuries from two matches including two half-centuries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6930;type=series |title=Records / West Indies in India Test Series, 2011/12 / Most runs |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=22 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429021719/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6930%3Btype%3Dseries |archivedate=29 April 2012 }}</ref> Injury forced batsman [[Shivnarine Chanderpaul]] to miss the third and final Test, and it had been anticipated that without his influence the inexperienced West Indian batting line up might struggle. In the event, Barath opened the batting with Braithwaite and the pair put on a 137-run opening stand in the first innings, the West Indies' highest partnership for the first wicket since 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-west-indies-2011/content/story/541529.html |title=West Indies youngsters make India toil |first=Siddarth |last=Ravindran |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=22 November 2011 |access-date=22 April 2012}}</ref>

Australia [[Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 2011–12|toured the West Indies]] for five ODIs and three Tests beginning in March 2012. A finger injury forced Barath to miss the first three ODIs, but having proved his fitness by scoring 114 for Trinidad and Tobago against Guyana in the Regional Four Day Competition was called up for the final two matches, replacing fellow opener [[Kieran Powell]] who had scored twenty runs from three matches.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/west-indies-v-australia-2012/content/story/558235.html |title=Barath replaces Powell in West Indies squad |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=21 March 2012 |access-date=22 April 2012}}</ref> Playing in all three Tests, Barath managed 65 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=7009;type=series |title=Records / The Frank Worrell Trophy, 2011/12 / Most runs |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=7 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429051935/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=7009%3Btype%3Dseries |archivedate=29 April 2012 }}</ref> Barath was not alone in struggling against Australia's bowlers, and captain [[Darren Sammy]] remarked "Stats don't lie. Our top order did not click against Australia, but the selectors have shown faith in two of them [Adrian Barath and Kieran Powell]. They are quite young, they are still learning on the job. Yes, they will fail sometimes. But there is one thing we won't do and that is give in."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-west-indies-2012/content/story/563673.html |title=Gibson targets gradual improvement |work=ESPNcricinfo |first=Nagraj |last=Gollapudi |date=3 May 2012 |access-date=7 May 2012}}</ref>

Barath fell out of the West Indies test team after the [[West Indian cricket team in England in 2012|series against England]] in the 2012 English summer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/west-indies-tour-of-england-2012-534184/england-vs-west-indies-3rd-test-534207/full-scorecard |title=Full Scorecard of West Indies vs England 3rd Test 2012 - Score Report|date=11 June 2012|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=11 November 2022}}</ref> In 2014, Barath took a break from cricket to prioritise his [[Jehovah's Witness]] faith. Despite several attempts in the following years from cricket stakeholders to lure him to return, Barath never returned to cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsday.co.tt/2020/04/29/the-cricket-prodigy-who-chose-jehovah/|title=The cricket prodigy who chose Jehovah|last=Nicholas|first=Stephon|date=29 April 2020|work=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday|access-date=12 December 2022}}</ref> Barath was aged 24 at the time of what turned out to be his final first class game, a very early end to a once promising international career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/regional-four-day-competition-2013-14-721717/trinidad-tobago-vs-jamaica-721761/full-scorecard|title=Full Scorecard of Trinidad & T vs Jamaica 2013/14 - Score Report |date=6 April 2014|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=11 December 2014}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|ref=westindies/content/player/274926.html}}

{{West Indies Squad 2011 Cricket World Cup}}
{{Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team}}

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